National Public Radio's (NPR)'s new CEO denounced claims from a senior editor that the outlet has "lost America's trust," calling the comments made in an op-ed "disrespectful" and "hurtful." Katherine Maher explained in a message to employees Friday that the editor, Uri Berliner, called the outlet's mission into question in two ways: Critiquing the quality
Famous for its craft beer and indie bookstores, the city of Portland in Oregon is not an obvious place for the United States to start fraying at the seams. A haunt of Millennial hipsters and downsized tech bros, it prides itself as a vegan-friendly, eco-friendly, migrant-friendly beacon of progressive America.
A children’s memorial will go up in Kansas City, honoring anyone who died younger than 18 due to violence, from 2001 to 2024.
For many people old enough to remember O.J. Simpson’s murder trial, his 1994 exoneration was a defining moment in their understanding of race, policing and justice. Nearly three decades later, it still reflects the different realities of white and Black Americans. Simpson died Wednesday but remains a symbol of racial divisions in American society because he is a reminder of how deeply inequities are felt, even as newer figures have come to symbolize the struggles around racism, policing and...
Elon Musk is challenging Justice Alexander de Moraes, a Brazilian judge, who has reportedly applied massive fines, threatened to arrest X employees, and threatened to cut off access to the app in Brazil. “We will probably lose all revenue in Brazil and have to shut down our office there. But principles matter more than profit,” Musk posted on X. The judge has allegedly already jailed people without trial for posting threats on social media and has unilaterally blocked dozens of accounts...
For many around the world, retirement can be a mixed bag. Australian retirees rate their retirement happiness at 70 out of 100, according to a survey of 1,000 Australians over 60 in February by the independent researcher YouGov and investment management company Challenger Limited. Money was ranked behind good physical health as the key to […]
It's not the economy, stupid? With political polarization increasingly motivating voters, the economy may not be the predictor it once was.
With this latest turn of events, the Hamilton Canal Innovation District – if it wasn’t already – has justifiably become Lowell’s version of the Bermuda Triangle. How else can you explain the failure of so many project developers to turn its commercial potential into a reality? Trinity Financial and Winn Companies both tried and failed […]
CBS broadcast the first-ever USL match on network TV on Saturday. The league hopes to ride Messi-mania while challenging MLS’s structureNot for the first time, American soccer is approaching a crossroads, and given the landscape in which this latest rumble in soccer’s turbulent history in the US will play out, it could be one of the most defining moments yet.The organisation that runs professional leagues in the second and third tiers of soccer in the US, the United Soccer League (USL), could...
Lisa Daftari joins Stella Escobedo and Monica Paige to discuss how Jerusalem will respond to Saturday's missile attack… The post Lisa on One America News: What’s Next for Israel After the Iran Regime’s Missile Attack? first appeared on The Foreign Desk | by Lisa Daftari.
The World Bank has said that the lower-than-average growth in Nigeria will hold back the sub-region’s economic performance. The Washington-based lender in a report on the economic outlook of Western and Central Africa stated that activities in the region were set to increase from 3.2 per cent in 2023 to 3.7 per cent in 2024 Read More
"While its growth has slowed in recent years, China is likely to expand at twice the rate of the United States in the years ahead."